Wynona

Where Wynona comes from

The dictionaries list Wynona as a given name — a female given name, variant of Winona — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #1,394 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Wynona Mulcaster born
    Canadian painter and teacher
  3. 1924
    Wynona Carr born
    American musician
  4. 1930
    Peak, #699
    97 babies named Wynona — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,187.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Winona.
Namesakes
  • Wynona Mulcaster · Canadian painter and teacher, 1915–2016
  • Wynona Carr · American musician, 1924–1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.